Fri, Jul 10th, 2009 | U.S. |

BEULAH, Fla. (July 10) - Authorities say a mother and father were shot to death in a home invasion in Florida while eight of their children slept. Escambia County Sheriff David Morgan said Friday that three men are being sought for ...Read More

Alleged Iraq Bombers in Government Attacks Offer Confessions

Sun, Nov 22nd, 2009 | Top Stories, World |

Iraq's state television has shown what it says are confessions of alleged conspirators in October bombings of government offices that killed more than 150 people. Baghdad's military spokesman says the three men planned the Oct. 25 attacks in the heavily protected ...Read More

Scioscia, Tracy both deserving of top honors

Wed, Nov 18th, 2009 | Sports |

The Rangers' Ron Washington and Mariners' Don Wakamatsu also were strong candidates. So was the Yankees' Joe Girardi, who many voters disqualify because of the Yankees' high payroll. This season, though, there could be only one choice. The Angels' Mike Scioscia demonstrated ...Read More

Three men killed in Dutch crash

Mon, Nov 16th, 2009 | U.K. |

Three men killed in Dutch crash Three British men have been killed and two others seriously injured in a car crash in The Netherlands, after they allegedly raided a cash machine. Two men from Liverpool, aged 21 and 27, and a 25-year-old man from London were killed ...Read More

Daniel Pearl's Family Disagrees WIth NYC Trial For Khalid Sheikh Mohammed

Sun, Nov 15th, 2009 | Politics, Top Stories, U.S. |

Daniel Pearl's Family Disagrees WIth NYC Trial For Khalid Sheikh Mohammed The mother and father of slain Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl are disappointed with the federal government's decision to try Pearl's professed killer and Guantanamo detainee Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in New York City, according to The Hill. Pearl's father, Judea ...Read More

Plane crashes in San Gabriel; pilot dies

Sat, Nov 14th, 2009 | Top Stories |

A single-engine plane crashed this afternoon in San Gabriel, killing the pilot. The plane took off from Brackett Field in La Verne and was headed to Van Nuys when it crashed in the 5100 block of Walnut Grove Avenue, Los Angeles ...Read More

Pakistan Pounding Taliban Hit Waziristan's Towns, Elders Say

Thu, Nov 12th, 2009 | World |

Nov. 13 (Bloomberg) -- Tribal elders fleeing a monthlongbattle between Pakistan’s military and Taliban guerrillas havedescribed bombed out towns and trapped civilians. Helicopter gunships and fighter jets pounded guerrillapositions in the mountains outside the former Talibanstronghold of Makeen, said Abdullah Shah ...Read More

5 bodies found inside homes in Arkansas

Thu, Nov 12th, 2009 | U.S. |

PEARCY, Ark. (AP) - Authorities say they found four bodies in a burning mobile home in southwest Arkansas and another person was found dead inside a nearby house. Officials say around 2:30 Thursday morning authorities in Pearcy received a report of ...Read More

Missouri Land Scoured in Sex Crimes Case

Thu, Nov 12th, 2009 | U.S. |

LEXINGTON, Mo. (Nov. 12) - An excavation was scheduled to resume Thursday at a rural western Missouri property where authorities believe they may find bodies and buried glass jars with notes written by children who may have documented sexual abuse. The ...Read More

5 men accused of sex with kin

Thu, Nov 12th, 2009 | U.S. |

LEXINGTON, Mo. -- Authorities were searching a rural property in western Missouri yesterday for bodies and buried glass jars containing notes written more than 15 years ago by children who might have documented sexual abuse by five members of their ...Read More

Missouri officials search for more victims, clues in child-abuse case

Thu, Nov 12th, 2009 | Top Stories, U.S. |

Missouri officials search for more victims, clues in child-abuse case (CNN) -- Investigators are searching the property that once belonged to one of five members of a Missouri family arrested on multiple child sexual abuse charges for "a body or bodies," the Lafayette County sheriff said Wednesday. Sheriff Kerrick Alumbaugh said ...Read More

Five men charged with sex crimes against kids

Wed, Nov 11th, 2009 | U.S. |

LEXINGTON, Mo. (AP) — Authorities on Wednesday were searching a rural property in western Missouri for bodies and buried glass jars containing notes written more than 15 years ago by children who may have documented sexual abuse by five members ...Read More

Search in family sex abuse case also is for bodies, Lafayette sheriff says

Wed, Nov 11th, 2009 | Most Viewed, Top Stories |

Search in family sex abuse case also is for bodies, Lafayette sheriff says LEXINGTON | Authorities are searching a rural property near Bates City, Mo., looking for bodies, as well as buried jars of written memories of anguish and horror allegedly left years ago by sexually abused children. Indications are that “an individual or ...Read More

Victor Zambrano's mother rescued in Venezuela

Wed, Nov 11th, 2009 | Top Stories, World |

CARACAS, Venezuela -The mother of former major league pitcher Victor Zambrano has been rescued after a three-day kidnapping ordeal, Venezuelan authorities said Wednesday. The 56-year-old Elizabeth Mendez Zambrano was rescued late Tuesday during a "commando-style operation" in the central state of ...Read More

No bail in case of slain pregnant woman from Ore.

Tue, Nov 10th, 2009 | U.S. |

A pregnant woman was repeatedly beaten with a collapsible police baton before a "cutting instrument" was used to slice open her abdomen and remove her fetus, a detective testified Tuesday. Another woman, Korena Roberts, is accused of aggravated murder in the ...Read More

Michael Jackson estate fight becomes public family dispute

Tue, Nov 10th, 2009 | Entertainment, Top Stories |

Michael Jackson estate fight becomes public family dispute Los Angeles, California (CNN) -- A legal battle between Michael Jackson's mother and father broke out in a Los Angeles court Tuesday morning, just as Katherine Jackson dropped her challenge of the executors named in her son's will. Katherine Jackson's lawyer ...Read More

Gunman Reportedly Holding High School Principal in Dutchess County, NY

Tue, Nov 10th, 2009 | Most Viewed, U.S. |

A gunman reportedly took the principal hostage at an upstate New York high school Tuesday, but the students are safe, a town official said. Police said that Stissing Mountain High School in Pine Plains, N.Y., was on lockdown because of an ...Read More

Teen killed while sleeping at Ore. hunting camp

Tue, Nov 10th, 2009 | Top Stories, U.S. |

TERREBONNE, Ore.—Authorities say a 14-year-old boy is dead and his cousin is in custody after a bullet came through the wall of the motor home the boy was sleeping in at a central Oregon hunting camp and struck him in ...Read More

4 found shot to death in Texas home

Mon, Nov 9th, 2009 | U.S. |

San Jacinto County Sheriff James Walters said Monday it appeared that a man fatally shot his girlfriend, her 4-year-old daughter and his adopted mother before killing himself. Walters says that the gunman "might have been off his medication." He declined to ...Read More

Katt Williams arrested on burglary charge

Mon, Nov 9th, 2009 | Entertainment, U.S. |

NEWNAN, Georgia - Comedian and rapper Katt Williams remained jailed in suburban Atlanta on Monday after police said they arrested the entertainer for breaking into a home. Williams, who police say is 38, is charged with burglary and criminal trespassing, according ...Read More

Texas Police Find Family Shot to Death in Home

Mon, Nov 9th, 2009 | Top Stories, U.S. |

CLEVELAND, Texas — Authorities called to check on a family's well-being in a rural southeast Texas home found the bodies of four people who had been shot to death. San Jacinto County Sheriff James Walters said Monday it appeared that a ...Read More